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The Kansas City, Mo., City Council has passed an ordinance amendment that will let police officers pull over a driver for not wearing a seat belt without a secondary violation, such as speeding. The amendment will go into effect Sunday. Almost 70% of people who died in a car crash last year in the city were not wearing a seat belt, police say.

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Heather Abbott, who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, can now wear a special prosthetic leg made of a state-of-the-art silicone cover that allows her to wear high-heeled shoes. "I want it to look as much like my own leg," she said.

Snowblowers have sold out at several home-improvement and hardware stores in Kansas City, Mo., due to high demand. Models of gas-powered snowblowers that sell from $200 to $900 are already gone from Strasser Hardware, according to its employees. Strasser has ordered an additional 50 machines, but those have already been spoken for. The store is now fielding calls from people still looking.

Kansas would receive more than $11 million in federal funds if the state enacts a law that would enable traffic enforcers to stop motorists for not buckling up, traffic safety officials said. Motorists can now be ticketed for seat belt noncompliance only if they are stopped for speeding or other driving offenses.

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